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To: BenLurkin

We used to have one in between sized. It’s a pile of orbiting rubble now.


6 posted on 01/12/2019 3:53:16 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

The total mass of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter equates to about 4% of Earth’s moon. The four largest objects, Ceres, 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, and 10 Hygiea, account for half of the belt’s total mass, with almost one-third accounted for by Ceres alone.


18 posted on 01/12/2019 6:18:02 PM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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